impressio

(im-pres’c-o). Latin for impre ion. 1. ceardi’aca. 1. The concavity on the mediastinal surface of the lung corresponding to the surface of the heart. 2. A depre ion on the parictal surface of the liver corresponding to the position of the heart. i. col’ica, i. duodena’lis, i. gas’trica, i. ren a’lis, i. suprarena’lis, impre ions on the liver made respectively by the colon, duodenum, stomach, kidney, and suprarenal gland. impre io’nes digit a’ts. Sce digital impre ions, under impre ion. i. hepat’ica, an impre ion on the kidney where it touches the liver. i. @soph a’- gea, the impre ion made on the liver by the esophagus. 1. petro’sa, a depre ion on the temporosphenoid lobe of the brain corresponding to the prominence of the superior semicircular canal of the temporal bone. i. suprarena’‘lis, a depre ion on the under surface of the right lobe of the liver which lodges the right suprarenal body. i. trigem’ini, the impre ion on the petrous portion of the temporal bone made by the ga er i an ganglion.